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Military service
Service number:
839043
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
September 22, 1897
Death:
November 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private William Leath Lawrence
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Photo of William Leath Lawrence
Photo of Private Leath Lawrence, shortly after enlistment into the 147th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. -
Shoreham Camp
Leath Lawrence striking a pose at Shoreham Camp, Sussex England before his transfer to the 58th Battalion. -
Christmas card
147th Battalion Christmas Card (1916) sent home to family by Pte. William Leath Lawrence from Shoreham Camp, Sussex England. -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Leath Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Private William Leath Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Private William Leath Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Private William Leath Lawrence
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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